| GH-SKILL-SEARCH(1) | GitHub CLI manual | GH-SKILL-SEARCH(1) |
NAME
gh-skill-search - Search for skills across GitHub (preview)
SYNOPSIS
gh skill search <query> [flags]
DESCRIPTION
Search across all public GitHub repositories for skills matching a keyword.
Uses the GitHub Code Search API to find SKILL.md files whose name or description matches the query term.
Results are ranked by relevance: skills whose name contains the query term appear first.
Use --owner to scope results to a specific GitHub user or organization.
In interactive mode, you can select skills from the results to install directly.
OPTIONS
- -q, --jq <expression>
- Filter JSON output using a jq expression
- --json <fields>
- Output JSON with the specified fields
- -L, --limit <int> (default 15)
- Maximum number of results per page
- --owner <string>
- Filter results to a specific GitHub user or organization
- --page <int> (default 1)
- Page number of results to fetch
- -t, --template <string>
- Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"
JSON FIELDS
description, namespace, path, repo, skillName, stars
EXIT CODES
0: Successful execution
1: Error
2: Command canceled
4: Authentication required
NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.
EXAMPLE
# Search for skills related to terraform $ gh skill search terraform # Search for skills from a specific owner $ gh skill search terraform --owner hashicorp # View the second page of results $ gh skill search terraform --page 2 # Limit results to 5 $ gh skill search terraform --limit 5
SEE ALSO
| Apr 2026 |